There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'

It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining [by the major labels]. Some people get into this music to make a killing but music is a way to make a living.

I like to drive and I like to travel. When I drive on the open road, it's like sometimes the car turns into a pen and the road is a piece of paper.

I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.

I don't have any exteriors that would actually put me into some kind of different air that would actually intimidate somebody to stay away from me.

Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.

No matter what the name, we're all the same pieces in one big chess game.